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ROA NATIONAL STAFF REGULARLY CONTRIBUTES OPINION PIECES TO PUBLICATIONS SUCH AS THE HILL AND THE MILITARY TIMES.

2024
2024 JUL 9 ROA calls for accountability following “PACT Act” bonus blunder
2024 MAY 20 ROA urges support for U.S. Public Health Service Ready Reserve Corps
2024 MAY 13 ROA calls on Congress to modernize the reserve components
2024 MAR 25 ROA urges Congress to drive forward with needed reforms to improve military to civilian transitions
2024 FEB 14 ROA sees hurried return of Osprey endangering crew lives
2024 FEB 01 ROA present at quality-of-life panel hearing with highest ranking senior enlisted leaders
2023
2023 DEC 27 ROA honors Arnold L. Punaro for inestimable contributions to the nation
2023 DEC 19 ROA secures significant success in annual defense bill
2023 DEC 12 ROA commends Osprey grounding
2023 DEC 7 ROA praises backlogged flag officer commendations
2023 DEC 1 ROA calls for immediate grounding of Osprey aircraft
2023 NOV 9 ROA urges reforms to deficient VA disability claims process for Reserve and National Guard
2023 SEP 22 ROA calls on Senate Majority Leader to continue moving forward with military promotions
2023 JUL 18 ROA offers employment law information on Biden 3,000 reserve force call-up authorization
2023 JUN 5 ROA gains momentum on key healthcare priority in the 118th Congress
2023 FEB 22 ROA Minutemen Memorial Building on this day in history
2023 JAN 16 ROA urges President to reinstate military separated for vaccine refusal
2023 JAN 12 At National Press Club American Legion meeting ROA head warns of U.S. military unreadiness
2023 JAN 11 ROA head warns of current and future military unreadiness
2022
2022 NOV 18 U.S. Senate honors ROA’s 100-year anniversary with passage of S.Res. 820
2022 OCT 14 ROA Celebrates Centennial; Launches into Second Century of Service to America
2022 SEP 2 ROA Henry J. Reilly Scholarship Recipients Announced
2022 AUG 3 ROA hails hard-fought PACT Act Senate victory
2022 JUL 29 ROA response to failure of U.S. Senate to advance bipartisan landmark toxic exposure legislation
2022 JUN 29 ROA hails Supreme Court victory for burn-pits disabled Army Reserve vet and reemployment law
2022 JUN 18 ROA hosts Reserve Education Forum: Exploring Reserve Component Space Forces on June 21 in Washington, D.C.
2022 MAY 4 ROA CEO asks fellow generals and admirals to urge Senate support for PACT Act veterans’ toxicity benefits
2022 MAR 28 ROA urges Supreme Court to support Torres and veterans reemployment law
2022 MAR 15 Dental care inadequacies gnaw at Reserve and National Guard readiness
2021
2021 DEC 16 Supreme Court to hear burn pit case of ROA-supported Army Reserve Capt. Le Roy Torres
2021 DEC 14 Congress must fund research on military families — including the Reserve and Guard
2021 NOV 4 U.S. Rep. Anthony Brown tells ROA that in dangerous world, Reserves are critical
2021 NOV 3 ROA backs National Guardsman with differential pay amicus brief
2021 OCT 10 America’s veterans hold a reserve of national security strength we should tap
2021 AUG 2 ROA Henry J. Reilly Scholarship Recipients Announced
2021 JUN 23 The Pentagon shortchanges its military nurse-researchers who save GI lives
2021 MAY 28 Congress showing bipartisanship on defense and vets — even if that’s not in the news
2021 JAN 5 ROA Endorses Inauguration Warning by Former Secretaries of Defense
2021 JAN 2 NDAA veto override supports Reserve and Guard, enacts ROA’s call to change confederate base names
2020
2020 SEP 8 US Army Reserve Sgt. First Class Lori Dameron awarded ROA Bonner Scholarship for medical excellence
2020 AUG 10 ROA Henry J. Reilly Scholarship Recipients Announced
2020 MAY 24 Reserve and Guard face federal backstab after serving nation’s COVID-19 crisis
2020 MAR 21 Employers must support Reserve and Guard who are helping in this crisis
2020 JAN 5 It’s time to support the new tempo of service by America’s military reserve units
2019
2019 NOV 11 Be grateful for those who shoulder the burden — today and always
2019 OCT 8 Then there were 10: When does living history outlive its value?
2019 SEP 1 Trump  USCIS ‘technical correction’ hurts military families, readiness
2019 AUG 11 When US education policy limits a veterans’ ability to get an education
2019 JUN 2 Citizen warriors must be ready to deploy — they shouldn’t pay for health care
2019 APR 21 Retiring Guard and Reserve wait at the end of the military’s pay line
2019 MAR 10 Why block citizenship to immigrants who defend America?
2019 FEB 3 Tonic for a divisive Congress: Look to the spirit of ’96 
2018
2018 DEC 25 The gift of America’s magi 
2018 NOV 18 How the military tribalism erodes readiness — count the ways
2018 NOV 11 With no alternatives, military’s tribalism must go
2018 NOV 4 Focus on defense budgets leaves Coast Guard high and dry
2018 SEP 20 Appointee or career, VA’s officials can take the agency to excellence
2018 AUG 13 Burn pits, battlefield toxins, disabled troops and the fight for data
2018 JUL 18 Here’s why fighting youth obesity is a matter of national security
2018 JUL 11 Discharging immigrants breaks the universal code of honor
2018 MAY 29 Those who serve deserve our best but never have so many depended on so few
2018 APR 29 The Korean War Army Reserve veteran who wasn’t
2018 MAR 2 Two-year defense spending smooths the way to a ready military
2018 FEB 7 Parading the American character
2018 JAN 29 Shutdowns harm national security and endanger America’s reservists